Press Play with Madeleine Brand
“How My Mom Got Hacked”
Imagine you wake up one morning, go to your computer, and find that all your files have been encrypted overnight. The price for unlocking them? $500. That nightmare is a reality for some 1 million PC users who have been victims of so-called ransomware viruses, engineered by hackers.
By Madeleine Brand • • 1 min readImagine you wake up one morning, go to your computer, and find that all your files have been encrypted overnight. The price for unlocking them? $500. That nightmare is a reality for some 1 million PC users who have been victims of so-called ransomware viruses, engineered by hackers. We hear from a journalist who researched ransomware after her mother was targeted.
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- 27:08Raymond Chandler’s Los Angeles
- 40:26“How My Mom Got Hacked”You’re reading this
The full episode
5 of 5Broad Museum Delays, the NFL in L.A., and Hacker Hostage-Takers- 0:00Is the U.S. Drone Fleet at a Breaking Point?
- 8:13Catching Up With the Broad Museum
- 16:13NFL to L.A.?
- 27:08Raymond Chandler’s Los Angeles
- 40:26“How My Mom Got Hacked”You’re reading this